Each month the Current Employment Statistics program surveys about 144,000 businesses and government agencies, representing approximately 554,000 individual worksites, in order to provide detailed industry data on employment, hours, and earnings of workers on nonfarm payrolls for all 50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and about 400 metropolitan areas and divisions.

Notice

Effective with the March 17, 2015 release of January 2015 data, the Current Employment Statistics (CES) State and Area survey will transition from using X 12 ARIMA to X 13 ARIMA SEATS to produce seasonally adjusted series and forecasts of birth/death residuals. For more information about X 13 ARIMA SEATS please visit the U.S. Census Bureau website at https://www.census.gov/srd/www/x13as/.

Historical data will not be revised to be seasonally adjusted using X 13 ARIMA SEATS. The CES State and Area program has researched and tested seasonal adjustment using X 13 ARIMA SEATS, and no differences were observed.

Announcements

IMPORTANT The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), used by BLS and other statistical agencies to classify industry statistics, is periodically revised. Information on proposed 2017 changes to NAICS is available at www.bls.gov/ces/update.htm

Effective with the publication of July 2014 first preliminary estimates on August 18, 2014, the Current Employment Statistics (CES) program will implement new sample units into production on a quarterly basis. More information about the CES quarterly sample implementation is available at www.bls.gov/ces/cesqsi.htm

Due to a data processing error, data for CES State and Metropolitan Area estimates were incorrectly published in the database and have now been corrected on December 19, 2014. A detailed list of corrections is available at www.bls.gov/bls/errata/sae_errata.htm.

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February 04, 2015
Jobless rates were lower in December than a year earlier in 341 of the 372 metropolitan
areas, higher in 25, and unchanged in 6. Nonfarm payroll employment was up in 312
metropolitan areas over the year, down in 49, and unchanged in 11.
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January 27, 2015
In December, 42 states and the District of Columbia had over-the-month
unemployment rate decreases, 4 states had increases, and 4 states had
no change. Nonfarm payroll employment increased in 41 states and
decreased in 9 states and the District.
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Local Area Unemployment Statistics--monthly and annual employment, unemployment, and labor force data for Census regions and divisions, States, counties, metropolitan areas, and many cities, by place of residence.

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CES State and Area Contacts

Further information may be obtained by contacting the Current
Employment Statistics State and Area program via email
or calling (202)691-6559 from
8:30 am through 4:30 pm Eastern Time Monday through Friday.

The cooperating State Employment Security Administrations (SESAs) have labor market
information offices which publish and disseminate CES data for their
State.